The ORIGINAL
Imagine, for a moment, the gems that would go viral had Diana Vreeland lived in the age of Twitter. Yes, the iconic magazine editor was known for her impeccable eye and her generally fabulous lifestyle, but just as significant was her quick and irrepressible wit, apparent in the surfeit of sharply observed bon mots that have survived her. Such as, “You don’t have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.” Or, “Too much good taste can be boring.” Or even, “People who eat white bread have no dreams.” Her “Why Don’t You” column alone, which first appeared in a 1936 issue of US , was a bounty of quips in the form of advice: Why don’t you “knit yourself a little skullcap?” “turn your old ermine
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